Soccer picks A difficult but sweet victory stuck Everton behind Liverpool
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Everton achieved a tortured but very valuable victory with 1:0 as a guest of Sheffield United. The two teams faced each other on Bramble Lane in a match of the 15th round, and the guests stole the three points with a goal by Gilfi Sigurdsson in the 80th minute. Thus, the `Caramels` climbed to 2nd place in the Premier League standings, only two points behind the leader Liverpool, which, however, has a game less. The hosts continued their `black` series without success since the beginning of the season.
The match did not offer much excitement. Everton created the first great goal opportunity in the 28th minute when Dominic Calvert-Lewin received a long pass, mastered the chest and shot from volley, but the ball went past the crossbar. In the 40th minute the guests had a new opportunity. Sigurdsson fired a long shot past the door. Sheffield United also created an interesting situation at the end of the half. Oliver Burke freed himself in the penalty area and shot from a small angle, but failed to find the outline of the door. The second half was quite boring, and only in the 57th minute the hosts claimed a penalty for a penalty against Oliver McBurney, but the referee strongly signaled to continue the game. However, Everton patiently waited for their chance, which came in the 80th minute. Then, after a mix-up in the penalty area, the ball was not cleared well and landed in Bernard, he passed to Abdullah Dukure, who returned to Sigurdsson and the Icelander hit the ground with a blow to the ground for 0:1.
Then the hosts threw themselves intoattack and in the 83rd minute John Egan tried an insidious long shot that flew dangerously towards the door, but Jordan Pickford was careful and killed. A little later, Enda Stevens also fired at the door, but quite inaccurately. In added time, the guests also requested a penalty for a violation against Andre Gomez, but such was not awarded again. In the end, McBurney squandered the last chance for the `Blades` to equalize and so the match prediction by contact with soccer stats ended with a victory for Merseyside.
Everton recorded the 4th consecutive success on their account and with an asset of 30 points came out on the 2nd place in the standings. Sheffield United remain at the bottom with only 2 points won.
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